crafts

Father’s Day cards one finds in the stores are pretty abysmal, in my opinion. With Papercrafts & Coloring coming up (second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.), I decided I’d look for something I wanted to give my dad for Father’s Day. I turned to Pinterest and found a pretty sweet image of a… Read More »

For our March Papercrafts class, this “Easter Best Friend Card” was one of the options for creating a greeting card from a discarded book. We used this template: Download the PDF of EasterBestFriendsTemplate. Find a suitable page from a discarded book. We found that pages with print on one side and a nice photo on the… Read More »

We recently had a Holiday Papercrafts event at the Library. We made a lot of papercraft Christmas trees! The tree with the biggest WOW factor is the one that lights up, of course! And, it’s super easy to make. The instructions are included in the printout: Lighted Tree Template –Susan

Yes, it’s only Fall, but Christmas is coming! And this project could be adapted for many seasons by changing the leaf shape and adornments. Supplies: old book pages, scissors, acrylic paint, tape, wire, glue, and beads or other adornments. Step 1: To make 3 holly leaves, cut two identical (for the front and back… Read More »

Our next Papercrafts class (June 30, 6:30 p.m.) will have “stars” as its theme, in anticipation of the Independence Day holiday. But stars can be used for so many occasions: “you’re a star,” Christmas, award party events, and more. Our papercrafts class repurposes old books or other random papers (the shiny stars were from the… Read More »

The May 5 gathering for papercrafts was a success! We successfully repurposed damaged books and other assorted papers into little lovelies to give for Mother’s Day, or really any special occasion where a handcrafted card would be appropriate. Here’s one of the Pinterest finds on NPL’s Bookish Papercrafts board. And here’s what our version looked… Read More »

Here’s another easy project we’ll be making at Heartful Papercrafts on January 13, 6:30 p.m. In this class we make things out of books that are no longer usable, or paper bits or calendars we’ve collected. The class is free, no registration required. Bring along a favorite scissors if you have one. We do… Read More »

At our next Bookish Papercraft night at Newton Public Library, January 13 at 7 p.m., we’ll be making an easy but striking Valentine’s card with papers from books that are in poor condition or scrap papers we’ve found languishing in forgotten corners. Our Papercrafts nights are always free, no registration necessary. I call this a… Read More »